Culture Crawl 745 “What That Treadmill Says About You”

Jill Van Brussel is a costume designer and Theatre professor, currently teaching at Colorado Mesa University, whose cabaret show “Why Do I Own A Thong? (And Other Existential Questions),” examines her life (and all of our lives) through our clothing choices.

Jill is a longtime friend of long-time Eastern Iowa performers and producers Patrick Du Laney and Chris Okishii, and they picked her show to be the inaugural production in the first full season of their company, Crooked Path Productions.

August 12, 13, 14 at The James Theater in Iowa City. Tickets at www.thejamesic.com.

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Talking Pictures 8-3-22

The Card Counter (2021) and Mad God (2021) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Scott Chrisman.

 

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Culture Crawl 744 “Marking Time”

Cedar Rapids has a rich history in Drum Corps. The Emerald Knights competed and performed for decades, and Slayton Thompson’s Grant Wood Drum & Bugle Corps marched in two presidential Inauguration parades.

The tradition continues today with the Tournament of Drums festival, Aug. 5 at Kingston Stadium, when drum corps from around the country and Canada perform just days prior to the Drum Corps International World Championships.

Cedar Rapids drum corps history is also celebrated with a new book, “Marking Time,” written by Emerald Knights alum Cindy Hadish, and containing stories and pictures from nearly 100 years of drum corps.

Tournament of Drums tickets at any Hills Bank or West Music location. Order a copy of “Marking Time” at tournamentofdrums.com.

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Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet August 11, 2022

The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place August 11, 2022.  Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.

Clean Up Your Act 8-22-22

A call for improvements in Iowa’s water quality monitoring system.

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Culture Crawl 743 “I Saved Too Many Things”

The final week of Cedar Rapids Municipal Band concerts is jam-packed, says director Steve Shanley. Including Leonard Bernstein’s famous Overture to “Candide,” a solo from Young Artist Isabella Anderson, a tribute to Muni Band member and legendary Cedar Rapids music teacher Luman Colton, conducted by his daughter Christie, and another guest conductor, UI doctoral student Myron Petersen.

Also, guitarist Luke Sanders, who is also this month’s First Friday performer brings a unique piece to the band.

August 3 at Noelridge Park, August 7 at Beaver Park, both shows at 7:30pm. More info at www.crmuniband.com.

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KCCK’s Featured Album for August 2022

The KCCK Featured Album for August is “Ella at the Hollywood Bowl”, a previously unreleased live concert featuring Ella Fitzgerald performing songs from her beloved Irvin Berlin songbook, conducted and arranged by Paul Weston. Discovered in the private collection of producer and Verve Records founder Norman Granz, the concert marked the only time that Ella performed these iconic arrangements live with a full orchestra. And, although she performed regularly at the Hollywood Bowl, this is the first full-length concert by Ella from this iconic venue to be released. “Ella at the Hollywood Bowl” is from Verve Records. Purchase.

This Week In Jazz July 31 thru August 6

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Charlie Shavers, trombonist Lawrence Brown, guitarist Herb Ellis, singers Tony Bennett and Kat Edmondsen, saxophonists Rickey Woodard and Eric Alexander and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Johnny Hodges’ “Used To Be Duke” (1954), Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet (1957), Milt Jackson Quintet feat. Ray Brown’s “That’s The Way It Is (1969), Jim Hall-Ron Carter Duo’s “Alone Together” (1972), George Coleman “At Yoshi’s” (1989), The Drummonds feat. Renee Rosnes’ “When You Wish Upon A Star” (1999), Vincent Herring’s “Preaching To The Choir” (2020) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS ‘on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.